Word: commonwealth
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...savage, looting Djakarta mob lived up to its world reputation. Boiling through the streets of the city, thousands of rioters went on a three-day rampage to protest the birth of the neighboring Federation of Malaysia, which joins Malaya, Singapore, Sarawak and North Borneo in a new British Commonwealth nation. With the tacit approval of Indonesia's rabble-rousing President Sukarno, who bitterly opposes the federation for the challenge it poses to his influence in Southeast Asia, the mob succeeded in presenting the fledgling nation with a full-grown diplomatic and military crisis before it was even one week...
...club's door. Israel and Iran are negotiating a trade pact with Europe's Six. In Africa, 18 former French, Belgian and Italian colonies recently signed an export-boosting treaty with the Market. Last week, in the first break away from the solid ranks of the British Commonwealth nations, Nigeria asked the Six to consider some kind of association with it. Many Common Marketeers favor the bid from black Africa's biggest nation (pop. some 45 million), believing that the new Europe should expand its influence in the world's less developed areas. Perhaps the most...
During the Revolution, Elmwood was held by the Committee of Safety and served for a time as a hospital for Washington's troops. The house and land were confiscated in 1779 by the Commonwealth and sold in 1780 to Andrew Cabot of Salem. Apparently, Cabot never lived at Elmwood. He sold it in 1787 to Elbridge Gerry, Class of 1762, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Gerry called his new home "The Mansion House" and while living there was twice elected Governor. At Elmwood on March 4, 1813, Gerry took the oath of office as vice-President...
Unperturbed, Sir Abubakar, a Moslem from the North, went ahead with plans to convert Nigeria on Oct. 1 from a British dominion to a republic within the British Commonwealth. Sir Abubakar will remain the real boss. The changeover will merely install a ceremonial President as head of state to replace Queen Elizabeth, who is now sovereign...
...brilliant, shifty Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, who regards Sukarno as "an international blackmailer," swung into action. Flying to Sarawak and North Borneo, "Harry" Lee picked up the chief ministers of both territories and brought them back to Kuala Lumpur to stiffen up the Tunku. Britain's Commonwealth Secretary Duncan Sandys was also on hand, working hard to get agreement. Threatening to declare Singapore an independent state, Lee pressured Abdul Rahman into holding firm for the federation's Sept. 16 deadline...